by Aino V | Jan 2, 2021 | Etusivunosto, Yleinen
Dear Friends. The city of Helsinki has witnessed new kind of problems faced by those who are addicted to alcohol and/or drugs. Coronavirus has forced the social services to shut down the facilities that provide food and the possibility to wash oneself. The addicted and the homeless are hungry, which increases their substance abuse and overall poor health. Many of those living on the street need emergency aid which is harder and harder to find. Quakers will gather donations for these people during Christmas, New Year and the beginning of the year 2021. The donations will go to the Salvation army. We will add fifty cents to every euro donated through us, the maximum limit of overall donations treated this way being 2000 euros. You can give your donation to our bank account: FI57 8020 0710 2249 98 (Danske Bank). The message to attach to your donation: “Ruoka-apu” (food aid). Fundraising permit:...
by Aino V | Dec 15, 2020 | Etusivunosto
At the darkest moment, Winter Solstice, of this year that has been strange and challenging to many of us, let’s celebrate the turn towards lighter times by gathering in silence and dance in a sacred virtual space that we create together ! In Quaker’s silent Meeting for Worship we gather to just sit together in God’s presence and listen to the whispers of the Spirit in our hearts. Sometimes these whispers inspire us to minister to others, vocally or in some other form. God’s Spirit can speak to us in so many ways. It can be thoughts and words or it can be images, sensations, feelings, colours, sounds,...
by Aino V | Nov 24, 2020 | Etusivunosto, Yleinen
The Religious Society of Friends in Finland organizes a Silent Meeting for Worship every month’s first Sunday at 1-2 pm (Finnish time) online via Zoom. It’s also possible to participate via telephone. In the attachment you’ll find the permanent link & Finnish phone numbers for the meetings (if you want to call by phone from another country,let us know so we’ll generate a phone number according to your needs). We open the line latest at 12.45 to give space for testing Zoom etc. Also after the silence there’s space for sharing and chatting. Also if Zoom is new/challenging to you and you’d like to get help with it some other time, you can ask for that via the e-mail address suomenkveekarit [at] gmail.com Zoom-link and further...
by Ari K | Jul 28, 2020 | Etusivunosto, Helsinki
The weekly meeting for worship at the Peace Station in Helsinki is put on hold for now. We hope to be able to gather together soon. Until then, we hope to see you at our online meeting for...
by Ari K | Jun 24, 2020 | Etusivunosto, Yleinen
Finland Yearly Meeting newsletter Quaker News 3/2020 is now published online. The latest issue includes lots of reading and stories and greetings from Friends around the country. You can ready it at the address http://www.kveekarit.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/KVEEKARIUUTISET_3_2020.pdf or by clicking on the button below: Quaker News 3/2020 ...
